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Production data migration

Know what changed before the production backfill runs.

Request the free dry run through the public form. If the migration fits, a person replies with secure intake and written deletion terms. After intake, you receive a one-hundred-record dry run with mappings, rejections, control totals, and reversal evidence.

Free one-hundred-record dry runSee the paid continuation
Example result

Record 0084 through the dry run

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  1. Source identityusr_convex_84The old identifier remains attached to the dry-run record.
  2. Target identityuser_000084The mapping table records the new relational key.
  3. Validation6 of 6 checksCounts, required fields, relation, amount, date, and readback agree.
  4. ReversalOld read passedThe isolated copy returned to the prior readable state.
The example shows one transformation and its checks. A real dry run uses only the buyer's approved representative records.

A passing script does not prove a safe state change.

A migration can execute without errors while duplicating an identity, dropping an edge-case record, breaking an older reader, or leaving the target impossible to reconcile with the source. Those failures appear after the transformation code has already done exactly what it was written to do.

The release needs a record that connects each mapping to representative data, each rejected row to a reason, each acceptance threshold to a query, and each rollback claim to a rehearsal.

The free dry run documents the uncertain mappings and controls.

The first pass transforms one hundred representative records in isolation and returns the source-to-target map, exception queue, control totals, compatibility readback, and demonstrated reversal. It also names the production facts that the sample cannot establish.

If the dry run supports a bounded migration, the paid pack turns the approved rules into reviewed code, validation queries, execution gates, operator assignments, and a final reconciliation record.

What comes back from the record

A reviewed dry-run record maps the supplied source and target fields, transforms one hundred representative records, lists every rejected row, compares control totals, and demonstrates the proposed rollback against an isolated test copy.

Turnaround: The dry-run record arrives within three business days after readable materials and representative records are received.

The work follows the state change in order.

  1. Map

    The dry run connects every source field and identity to its target rule and keeps missing decisions visible.

  2. Rehearse

    The approved transformation, compatibility path, validation queries, rejection queue, and reversal run against an isolated copy.

  3. Prepare

    The final pack records execution order, thresholds, operators, evidence, rollback conditions, and the buyer's production decision points.

There is already a market for this work.

The links below show existing providers and public reports from people who have dealt with the same problem. A source supports only the statement printed beside it.

SourceAWS Prescriptive Guidance describes database migration as repeated conversion, migration, validation, functional testing, performance testing, and cutover cycles.SourcePostgreSQL provides a check-only mode for pg_upgrade so teams can identify compatibility work without changing the source or target data.SourceGoogle prices separate backfill and change-data-capture work and publishes a worked migration-cost example based on processed data volume.ProviderAWS Database Migration Service: AWS offers on-demand and serverless usage pricing with no minimum fee or upfront commitment, plus a pricing calculator and specialist estimate path.ProviderGoogle Cloud Database Migration Service: Google lists homogeneous native migrations at no additional service charge and heterogeneous backfill above the monthly free allowance at $0.40 per GiB in the documented region example.

Why the check is free

The dry run is free because Reality Contact, LLC is testing whether teams facing live state changes will pay for migration evidence and reversal readiness before they authorize production execution.

Free one-hundred-record dry run

A reviewed dry-run record maps the supplied source and target fields, transforms one hundred representative records, lists every rejected row, compares control totals, and demonstrates the proposed rollback against an isolated test copy. The dry-run record arrives within three business days after readable materials and representative records are received.

Do not send private links or files through this form. If the service fits, a person will reply with a secure intake method and written deletion terms before you share private material.

Operated by Reality Contact, LLC. Prices are in United States dollars, and refund conditions are stated beside the paid migration price. The service is technical implementation and document preparation, and it does not replace the buyer's database administrator, security review, compliance process, backup ownership, or production authorization. The buyer controls credentials, backups, production execution, acceptance thresholds, and every decision to continue, pause, roll back, or fail forward.

Answers for the questions around this decision

Questions before you send anything

What do I send?

Do not send private documents, database extracts, credentials, or links through the public form. If the migration fits, a person will reply with a secure intake method and written deletion terms before you share any material.

What comes back for free?

A reviewed dry-run record maps the supplied source and target fields, transforms one hundred representative records, lists every rejected row, compares control totals, and demonstrates the proposed rollback against an isolated test copy. The dry-run record arrives within three business days after readable materials and representative records are received.

Where does the service stop?

Reality Contact, LLC prepares and reviews migration code and evidence, but does not authorize production access, operate an unapproved backup, certify regulatory compliance, accept data ownership, or make the final cutover decision. The buyer verifies backups and access controls, approves mappings and thresholds, names the production operators, authorizes the migration window, and runs the approved transformation against production. The service is technical implementation and document preparation, and it does not replace the buyer's database administrator, security review, compliance process, backup ownership, or production authorization.

Do you run the migration against production?

No. Reality Contact, LLC prepares and reviews the migration pack, while the buyer controls credentials, authorizes the window, and runs or supervises every production action.

What happens when a record cannot be transformed?

The record enters a rejection queue with its source reference and reason, and the buyer decides whether to correct, waive, or defer it before acceptance.

Free one-hundred-record dry run

A reviewed dry-run record maps the supplied source and target fields, transforms one hundred representative records, lists every rejected row, compares control totals, and demonstrates the proposed rollback against an isolated test copy. The dry-run record arrives within three business days after readable materials and representative records are received.

Do not send private links or files through this form. If the service fits, a person will reply with a secure intake method and written deletion terms before you share private material.

Operated by Reality Contact, LLC. Prices are in United States dollars, and refund conditions are stated beside the paid migration price. The service is technical implementation and document preparation, and it does not replace the buyer's database administrator, security review, compliance process, backup ownership, or production authorization. The buyer controls credentials, backups, production execution, acceptance thresholds, and every decision to continue, pause, roll back, or fail forward.

Operated by Reality Contact, LLC.

The buyer controls production access and makes every cutover, rollback, and acceptance decision.

Refund conditions are stated beside the paid migration price.

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